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From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Background Communications under Desqview
Keywords: comm desqview
Message-ID: <5031@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 3 Aug 88 00:29:48 GMT
References: <595@unh.UUCP> <2706@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
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Organization: Syncstream/Widget Systems (San Francisco)
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In article <2706@bgsuvax.UUCP> bear@bgsuvax.UUCP (Michael D. Bear) writes:
>In article <595@unh.UUCP>, pel@unh.UUCP (Paul E. Leclerc) writes:
>> I recently purchased Desqview 2.01 to dip into multitasking on PC's.
>> One problem I keep coming up with is being able to download in the
>> background.
>
>	Make sure that the program is non-swappable, *AND* close on exit to
>DOS is set to No, that way, Desqview loads it instead of DOS.  If it doesn't 
>work, try Qmodem SST V3.1a by John Friel III.  It works, because I use it 
>all of the time, and my machine is much like yours.  I have used Kermit, 
>Zmodem, Xmodem and Ymodem and all work flawlessly under Desqview.  I haven't 
>tried Telix, but I know that Kermit 2.30, PC-VT, and Procomm won't work under
>Desqview.  It is very picky about comm programs for some reason...
>

   You may want to look into Binkley also.  It was written as a
   FidoNet mail comm/interface, and it is also a damn good comm
   programme.  It will also detect DESQview and give up clock
   ticks, if it is just spinning its wheels.
	       Tim


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